HMS Bredon (T 223)
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| Name | HMS Bredon (T 223) | ||
| Type: | A/S trawler (Hill) | ||
| Tonnage | 750 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 8 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-521 (Klaus Bargsten) | ||
| Position | 29.49N, 14.05W - Grid DH 6863 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (43 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Gibr-2 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.57 hours on 8 Feb, 1943, U-521 fired a torpedo spread at the convoy Gibr-2 and observed two columns of fire on a tanker, which sank in two minutes. Bargsten claimed one tanker and one corvette sunk and another ship damaged. In fact, only HMS Bredon (T 223) (T/Lt J.R. Fradgley, RNVR) was hit by the spread and sank immediately off the Canary Islands. The commander, two officers and 40 ratings were lost. | ||
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